PRICE OF SHOES.
MINISTER’S WARNING. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 21. Reports he had received that certain retailers had advanced their prices for children’s shoes and had told customers the adva.nco was due to the imposition of the tariff were the subject of comment by the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Hon. D. G. Sullivan) to-day. There had been no increase in tlie tariff on children’s footwear. Such action on the part of retailers was unfair, and he had instructed district officers to watch the position very closely, and where there was definite evidence of such exploitation action would be taken under the Board of Trade Act or the Prevention of Profiteering Act.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 22 April 1938, Page 3
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113PRICE OF SHOES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 22 April 1938, Page 3
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